Friends don't let friends visit New Haven.
― felicity (felicity), Friday, 28 February 2003 22:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Friday, 28 February 2003 22:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 28 February 2003 22:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
I think all the small towns in Connecticut are really nice and all the "cities" really suck.
― felicity (felicity), Friday, 28 February 2003 22:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Friday, 28 February 2003 22:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― felicity (felicity), Friday, 28 February 2003 22:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 28 February 2003 22:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Friday, 28 February 2003 22:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 28 February 2003 22:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Friday, 28 February 2003 23:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
There were lots of New Haven doo wop groups, but um I'm forgetting the names.
― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 28 February 2003 23:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
I don't like New Haven, even though my mum went to Yale and I spent 3 years coming up with excuses not to have to visit her. ;-)
― kate, Friday, 28 February 2003 23:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 28 February 2003 23:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Friday, 28 February 2003 23:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 28 February 2003 23:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― felicity (felicity), Friday, 28 February 2003 23:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
― felicity (felicity), Friday, 28 February 2003 23:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
But, yeah, there's ... stuff. (And the movie theatre is right next to the Barnes & Noble co-op, isn't it?)
New Haven bands worth a damn right about now = I dunno. Once upon a time, there was 33.3 and the One AM Radio, but they skedaddled / reconfigured (and, while I like them both plenty, they aren't very "rocking") (the Positive-Negative Men rocked in a sub-Devo way, but damned if I know what happened to them) (& there was that rockin' post-rock quartet that used to be called Cassius, but renamed). Kate has no right to slag off the Butterflies or Miracle Legion, though.
And note that the best small towns to visit in CT (from what I can gather) are found on the borders of the state, or thereabouts.
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― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 20 October 2003 03:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Monday, 20 October 2003 04:11 (twenty years ago) link
No one's mentioned Grove Street Cemetery, totally cool, spooky graveyard with the motto on the gate, "The Dead Shall Be Raised." Referring to the Grateful Dead, of course, depending on whom you ask. You may not be able to get into the cemetery anymore, but it's worth a climb over the wall!
Walk through Sterling Library. A Cathedral to books.
Mory's is actually a private eating club--even though it tastes like a diner. You probably wouldn't have much trouble getting someone to take you in though, but then they'd have to pay for you because Mory's doesn't take money. Everything goes on an account.
― Skottie, Monday, 20 October 2003 05:12 (twenty years ago) link
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― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 20 October 2003 17:35 (twenty years ago) link
I'm posting this right now from Sterling Library, about to go find some of that famous NH pizza after a dizzying number of hours poring over old letters in loopy handwriting. This library truly is a cathedral to books (and manuscripts, which is why I'm here).
FAB? Anyone fancy a breakfast? Meet me at The Doodle at 8 a.m. (sharp!) tomorrow morning (Thursday)!
― Maria D. (Maria D.), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 19:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 19:21 (nineteen years ago) link
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― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 19:50 (nineteen years ago) link
Now I imagine Scott greeting her every day with this when she wakes up.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 19:51 (nineteen years ago) link
The walk there is kind of long, taking you across the West River, which looks rather nice in the dark, but the 80-year-old home of the New Haven County Cutters is a pretty great destination.
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 9 August 2004 02:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Monday, 9 August 2004 09:58 (nineteen years ago) link
i've been dreaming about new haven a lot lately. i miss it.
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― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Saturday, 25 September 2004 16:48 (nineteen years ago) link
"faaa-haha-haiirr hhaaaa *hit with paperweight* OW! you, sir, have the boorish manners of Yalie!"
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 25 September 2004 17:01 (nineteen years ago) link
Yorkside--haven't been there in years, but hung out there lots of times back in the late 80s during my high school years. Food wise--like you said, it'll be adequate if you're hungry--but pizza-wise it's not in the same league as the 'heavies' previously mentioned (Pepe's, Moderne's, Sally's, etc.) Their fried mozz is pretty good, though...
Anybody here old enough to remember the really good ol' days of New Haven? The 'twin' department stores Malley's and Macy's? When the Chapel Square Mall was not only alive, but actually thriving with business? The depressing Demery's on the corner of Broadway (now there's an Au Bon Pain there--definitely a trade-up)? :)
― Joe (Joe), Saturday, 25 September 2004 19:06 (nineteen years ago) link
and the best residential college?
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 00:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 01:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 01:02 (nineteen years ago) link
There are two museums you should visit. It is important not to get them confused, as I did once when speaking with the curator of one who I thought was the curator of the other. The Yale Center for British Art is widely acclaimed. http://ycba.yale.edu/information/ The Yale University Art Gallery http://artgallery.yale.edu/ is I believe Edward Hermann took the lovely Rory on that infamous campus visit episode. I am seriously considering makign a trip back to NY so I can take the Metro North New Haven.
I know nothing about collegiate clubs, and neither, dear Gabbneb, should you.
― Dorky Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 01:10 (nineteen years ago) link
hi mary!
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 05:59 (nineteen years ago) link
probably near that famous pizza joint? dunno tho
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 24 June 2017 14:06 (six years ago) link
Bruegger's, on Whitney.
― silent ouzo eclipse (Mr. Hal Jam), Sunday, 25 June 2017 13:57 (six years ago) link
i should have specified "other than breuggers" lol
i found out that the health market right on the same block as the bookstore has a pretty sweet deli, got one from there
― k3vin k., Sunday, 25 June 2017 14:06 (six years ago) link
you doing Yale bizness, kev?
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 25 June 2017 14:17 (six years ago) link
k3vin my wife is from new haven let me know if you have questions! i like new haven tbh
― marcos, Sunday, 25 June 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
I just moved out of New Haven yesterday! Though only to a town next door.
― sacral intercourse conducive to vegetal luxuriance (askance johnson), Sunday, 25 June 2017 16:59 (six years ago) link
my girlfriend started her medical residency at yale last week, so i'm visiting a lot while i can. i'm looking into doing one of rotations there later this year too
― k3vin k., Sunday, 25 June 2017 17:18 (six years ago) link
if you see me out walking around, it's because I'm in New Haven through tomorrow night
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 25 June 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
went there recently and had a good time. maria's sister graduated from YDS and we hung out all day at the div school and acted like we owned the place. then we ate our weight at frank pepe and went home! the perfect new haven experience.
― scott seward, Sunday, 25 June 2017 18:31 (six years ago) link
still can't believe there isn't a record store in new haven. r.i.p. rhymes and cutlers. all those rich kids and nobody to sell them overpriced fleetwood mac albums. sad!
― scott seward, Sunday, 25 June 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, June 25, 2017 2:21 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hey i recently looked up the chachi schedule and saw they were playing NH but i'm away on vacation for a week. hopefully next time
― k3vin k., Sunday, 25 June 2017 22:45 (six years ago) link